Welcome to this weeks Flow Feature! This week we accomplished a major milestone, reaching our first 100 followers on twitter. Thank you all for your ongoing support, none of this would be possible without each and every one of you. We hope that we are doing your stories justice through our Flow Features, and we cannot wait to tell even more of your stories as we continue forward. This weeks Flow Feature is on Daniel Ruiz Vanderbilt from Medellín (Colombia), who is an administrator of the successful fan base ‘Florence + The Machine Latinoamerica”.
Daniels story began a few years ago when Florence + The Machine was just starting to gain popularity around the world. Daniel was feeling down after a fight with a close friend, and decided that a few Coldplay songs would be the best way to cheer him up. During the search he saw a link for the track ‘Kiss With A Fist’, but at the time thought nothing of it and continued his search.
As the day ended Daniel was feeling more and more upset, and couldn’t see the feelings going away any time soon. It was not long after that day that he got a copy of ‘Top 50: Momsen’s Style Icons”. It was here that the name Florence + The Machine crossed his path again with the track ‘Dog Days Are Over’. Although his English was not very good, he was able to understand the song on a number of levels. From that moment, he had found meaning. He had found not only a favourite artist, but a way to appreciate all forms of art around him.
The song became his addiction, and he listened to it repeatedly to the point that he was able to learn every word, despite the language barrier.
It was only a short time later that Florence + The Machine appeared in Daniels life yet again. Daniel spent days and days on the ‘MTV' website voting obsessively for Florence in the ‘VMA Awards’. He waited through the whole show just to see her perform live. During the performance Daniel was overwhelmed by emotion, and sat applauding in his room with tears in his eyes, so proud of and inspired by Florence’s incredible performance. Although Lady Gaga won most of the awards throughout the night, Daniel later noticed that Florence had won the award for Best Art Direction for none other than his favourite song, the song that led him to his new life, Dog Days Are Over.
After this night, Florence + The Machine exploded into the media and onto every radio around. Daniel began hearing more and more of her songs and decided that there was no alternative, he HAD to find a copy of her debut album, Lungs. He looked everywhere, but finding a copy all the way in Columbia proved to be quite the challenge. After a few weeks he finally found a store that has copies in stock and rushed off to collect his prize as soon as possible.
It was then that he truly found happiness, and fell in love with the band during every single track. Now that he had the album he was able to hear just how talented Florence was, how unique and beautiful her voice was, not to mention the incredible Machine backing her up.
It was then that Daniel began his search for others who had been affected in the same way by their music. He began searching online, joining Facebook fan clubs left, right and centre, discovered the entire Flow community and became a faithful follower.
Florence + The Machine began changing every aspect of his life. Whenever he felt sad, all he had to do was play a track from his treasured album and he would find overwhelming joy and happiness like he never felt before. No matter what emotions he was feeling, no matter what was going on in his life, Lungs was there to guide him.
A year later we were all eagerly awaiting album #2. When Daniel heard ‘What The Water Gave Me’ for the first time he felt like he had been swept up into an angelic choir. Then a song that affected him even more came out. When he listened to ‘Shake It Out’ he was overwhelmed by a wave of euphoria like nothing he had felt before. He felt as if he were in heaven, in a whole other world.
Ceremonials finally arrived in Columbia on the 3rd of November, and he was the first to go and collect a copy. Once he had his next treasure, he found space to be alone and enter the magical world of Florence + The Machine with all new material. He couldn’t believe just how incredible the album was. At the time it was raining around him, creating an even more beautiful atmosphere to experience Ceremonials.
In the weeks following the release of Ceremonials Daniel became more and more fanatic about his love for the band. If the first two albums had left any doubt in his heart and mind, the recent release of MTV Unplugged proved Florence + The Machine to be one of the most special and unique artists that he has ever known.
Living in Columbia it is often hard to find the latest artists around the world, which made it so special that Daniel was able to find Florence + The machine and the community of Flows. Florence + The Machine have had a massive impact on Daniels life. Their music has the ability to make him happy no matter what is going on in the world around him. On top of that, since listening to Florence + The Machine he has been able to practice and improve his English skills. Through the lyrics to their songs, Florence + The machine have opened his eyes to new worlds beyond what he had dreamed.
Daniel can still hardly believe how beautiful Florence’s voice is, and to this day gets a smile every time he hears it. He believes they perform better on stage where they are able to express their songs in special and different ways. Florence is now a part of his life which he would never live without, and he is proud to call himself a Flombie/Flow.
The tears that he shed writing his submission were not of sadness, but of happiness and pride that hit him ‘like a bullet in the back’ those years ago, and remain with him to this day…
We hope that you enjoyed this weeks Flow Feature, many thanks to Daniel for sharing his story! We will be running a special series over the Christmas week, more details to come so keep an eye out on our facebook and twitter! We would love to read your story next, send it in via email or through out website!
Inspiring Flows XxX
Daniels story began a few years ago when Florence + The Machine was just starting to gain popularity around the world. Daniel was feeling down after a fight with a close friend, and decided that a few Coldplay songs would be the best way to cheer him up. During the search he saw a link for the track ‘Kiss With A Fist’, but at the time thought nothing of it and continued his search.
As the day ended Daniel was feeling more and more upset, and couldn’t see the feelings going away any time soon. It was not long after that day that he got a copy of ‘Top 50: Momsen’s Style Icons”. It was here that the name Florence + The Machine crossed his path again with the track ‘Dog Days Are Over’. Although his English was not very good, he was able to understand the song on a number of levels. From that moment, he had found meaning. He had found not only a favourite artist, but a way to appreciate all forms of art around him.
The song became his addiction, and he listened to it repeatedly to the point that he was able to learn every word, despite the language barrier.
It was only a short time later that Florence + The Machine appeared in Daniels life yet again. Daniel spent days and days on the ‘MTV' website voting obsessively for Florence in the ‘VMA Awards’. He waited through the whole show just to see her perform live. During the performance Daniel was overwhelmed by emotion, and sat applauding in his room with tears in his eyes, so proud of and inspired by Florence’s incredible performance. Although Lady Gaga won most of the awards throughout the night, Daniel later noticed that Florence had won the award for Best Art Direction for none other than his favourite song, the song that led him to his new life, Dog Days Are Over.
After this night, Florence + The Machine exploded into the media and onto every radio around. Daniel began hearing more and more of her songs and decided that there was no alternative, he HAD to find a copy of her debut album, Lungs. He looked everywhere, but finding a copy all the way in Columbia proved to be quite the challenge. After a few weeks he finally found a store that has copies in stock and rushed off to collect his prize as soon as possible.
It was then that he truly found happiness, and fell in love with the band during every single track. Now that he had the album he was able to hear just how talented Florence was, how unique and beautiful her voice was, not to mention the incredible Machine backing her up.
It was then that Daniel began his search for others who had been affected in the same way by their music. He began searching online, joining Facebook fan clubs left, right and centre, discovered the entire Flow community and became a faithful follower.
Florence + The Machine began changing every aspect of his life. Whenever he felt sad, all he had to do was play a track from his treasured album and he would find overwhelming joy and happiness like he never felt before. No matter what emotions he was feeling, no matter what was going on in his life, Lungs was there to guide him.
A year later we were all eagerly awaiting album #2. When Daniel heard ‘What The Water Gave Me’ for the first time he felt like he had been swept up into an angelic choir. Then a song that affected him even more came out. When he listened to ‘Shake It Out’ he was overwhelmed by a wave of euphoria like nothing he had felt before. He felt as if he were in heaven, in a whole other world.
Ceremonials finally arrived in Columbia on the 3rd of November, and he was the first to go and collect a copy. Once he had his next treasure, he found space to be alone and enter the magical world of Florence + The Machine with all new material. He couldn’t believe just how incredible the album was. At the time it was raining around him, creating an even more beautiful atmosphere to experience Ceremonials.
In the weeks following the release of Ceremonials Daniel became more and more fanatic about his love for the band. If the first two albums had left any doubt in his heart and mind, the recent release of MTV Unplugged proved Florence + The Machine to be one of the most special and unique artists that he has ever known.
Living in Columbia it is often hard to find the latest artists around the world, which made it so special that Daniel was able to find Florence + The machine and the community of Flows. Florence + The Machine have had a massive impact on Daniels life. Their music has the ability to make him happy no matter what is going on in the world around him. On top of that, since listening to Florence + The Machine he has been able to practice and improve his English skills. Through the lyrics to their songs, Florence + The machine have opened his eyes to new worlds beyond what he had dreamed.
Daniel can still hardly believe how beautiful Florence’s voice is, and to this day gets a smile every time he hears it. He believes they perform better on stage where they are able to express their songs in special and different ways. Florence is now a part of his life which he would never live without, and he is proud to call himself a Flombie/Flow.
The tears that he shed writing his submission were not of sadness, but of happiness and pride that hit him ‘like a bullet in the back’ those years ago, and remain with him to this day…
We hope that you enjoyed this weeks Flow Feature, many thanks to Daniel for sharing his story! We will be running a special series over the Christmas week, more details to come so keep an eye out on our facebook and twitter! We would love to read your story next, send it in via email or through out website!
Inspiring Flows XxX
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